We coffee drinkers could easily spend $4 in the morning, $4 in the afternoon, and whatever it might cost for a lunch when we’ve forgotten to be prepared at the office. Sound familiar? What if that money could be going towards your coffee habit, and youth education in Rwanda or Cambodia? Don’t give up on us now, it’s possible thanks to the social enterprise YGAP and their latest hospitality venture Feast of Merit.

Found on Swan Street in Richmond, Feast of Merit is a joy on the eyes.  Raw, exposed, it feels like you’ve wandered into an outdoor garden-cum-café.

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Not just good for your eyes, these guys are run by YGAP and donate all profits to youth education and youth leadership in Malawi, Ghana, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Australia. They also focus on seasonal produce, raw foods and locally sourced ingredients.  It’s doing good for the locals, and the world alike. And feeding our caffeine addictions. Can’t argue with that. 

The menu nods to the Middle East, with spices and flavours a plenty. The breakfast menu sees Bircher muesli with coconut water, apricot, pistachios, and hung yoghurt or young asparagus, ricotta, avocado, harissa toast, and soft egg. Lunch is more of a create your own type situation with a range of four salads to choose from including the roasted Dutch carrot, mint, pistachio, current, freekeh, harissa, and preserved lemon salad, with three proteins to finish off the dish. Think roasted Milawa chicken.

Smoothies, juices, digestives and raw treats will tempt you to order seconds, or dessert, or something for the road. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Feast of Merit
117 Swan Street Richmond, VIC
(03) 9428 8480